Deactivating and activating participants

In Relationship Manager, a participant instance can be deactivated, or made inactive. Deactivating a participant instance removes it from the relationship instance and prevents it from displaying in the Relationship Manager window, but its record remains in the relationship table so it can be re-activated in the future.

Deactivating a participant

Perform the following steps to deactivate a participant instance:

  1. Start Relationship Manager and make sure it is connected to a server. Follow the instructions in Starting Relationship Manager and Connecting Relationship Manager to a InterChange Server Express.
  2. Right-click the participant instance you want to deactivate and select Deactivate Participant.
The participant is removed from the Relationship Manager display but not from the relationship tables.

Activating a participant

Perform the following steps to activate a participant instance:

  1. Start Relationship Manager and make sure it is connected to a server. Follow the instructions in Starting Relationship Manager and Connecting Relationship Manager to a InterChange Server Express.
  2. Click View > Show Deactivated Participants
    The Deactivated Participants window appears as shown below:
    Deactivated Participants window
  3. Select the relationship instance that contains the deactivated participant you want to activate from the list.
  4. Expand the relationship instance until the deactivated participant instances appear in the list.
  5. Right-click the participant instance that you want to reactivate and select Activate.
  6. Click Edit > Refresh.
    The activated participant instance appears in its relationship instance in the Relationship Manager window.
    Note:
    If a participant instance in an identity relationship is deactivated and another participant is added in its place (that is, assigned the same instance ID), the original participant is removed from the Deactivated Participants listing, but remains in the database.

See also:

Relationship Manager overview

Working with relationships in Relationship Manager

Working with relationship data in Relationship Manager


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